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Mining & the mines, 1882

1,772 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 89

Mining Telegrams. Adelong, May 26

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 897

The escort took 737oz. l0dwt. 16gr.—namely, Bank of New South Wales, 669oz. 16dwt.; Commercial Bank, 67oz. 14dwt. 16gr. The Sovereign Gold-mining Company, extended alluvial, are on payable gold. Ryan and party have…

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The Gold Near Trunkey

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 13

We are in receipt of a letter signed "Thomas Barnes," advising men not to go to the field described by a correspondent in our issue of May 20. The letter concludes: "The fact of the matter is this: We…

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Victorian Mining Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 13

The Victorian Stock Exchange report the following sales:—Australasian Extended, 43s 3d; Empress of India, 3s 6d; Madame Berry, £16 5s; New Ringwood, 12s 6d; North Australasian, 62s; North Long…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 12

At Gympie No. 1. North Pheonix have paid a dividend of 30d. No. 1 North Glanmire have declared a dividend of 4d. No. 2 North Lady Mary gave a dividend of 14d. Forty-five tons from…

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Important Mining Decisions

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 22

THE Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Faucett, sitting in Banco, at the Supreme Court, last Friday, had before them the case of Bourke v. Wright, which had been remitted for the opinion of the court by the Mining…

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Important Mining Case

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 897

In the Supreme Court on the 27th ultimo, before his Honor the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Faucett, the following important cane was heard :—RUE T. EDWARD HARRIS…

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The Mining and Metallurgic Interest

Evening News · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 6

"EVERY man of thought," says a well-known writer on geology, "must be more or less impressed with the conviction that much of Britain's supremacy in mechanical and manufacturing…

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Late Mining. Barmedman, May 30

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 894

The scarcity of water carters and the "heavy" roads since the last rain have caused the price of water to reach 5s. per cask, and I am informed that the price will probably be 6s. The late rains have (no doubt) freshened the…

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The Miner. Dredging for Gold in New Zealand

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 22

IT is somewhere about 18 years (the "Otago Witness" says) since the miners working on the banks of the Molyneux, between the Manuherikia and the Dunstan, came to the conclusion that as the banks…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Brisbane

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 5

The North Glanmire has crushed 149oz of gold from 372 tons of stone. ADELAIDE, Friday. The Lady Alice begins crushing on Monday…

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Country and Mining News. Notice to Correspondents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 14

FOR the guidance of the Editor (not for publication), it is absolutely necessary that all correspondents sign their communications…

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Mount M'donald Mining News. Carcoar

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 13

Eighty-five tons of quartz from the Balmoral reef are crushed up to date for 562oz of amalgam. The crashing is to be continued for about one month before finally retorting. Everybody here is surprised…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Wilcannia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 6

A new discovery of gold was made between Granite and Nuggetty before the rain fell, and from 3dwt. to ½oz. per man per day has been got by dry blo[?]ing. Extra rich stone has been turned out at the reefs. The Government is…

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The Australian Town & Country Journal Sydney, Saturday, June 3, 1882. The Mining and Metallurgic Interest

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 16

"EVERY man of thought," says a well-known writer on geology, "must be more or less impressed with the conviction that much of Britain's supremacy in mechanical and manufacturing…

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News from the Colonial Fields, (The latest information concerning mining shares will be found in our Telegraphic and Commercial Reports.) New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 22

NANA CREEK.—A corespondent reports:—The first crushing on the Nana goldfield, consisting of 100 tons of stone from the Lady Matilda Gold-mining Company's mine, has given about 2oz per ton. It is…

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Mining Intelligence. Sandhurst Gold Returns. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sandhurst

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 June 1882 · page 4

Messrs. Clark and Co. report the following gold returns for the week:--Garden Gully United, [?]123oz; Belmont and Saxby, 852oz; New Chum Consolidated, 870oz: Ellesmere, 355oz ; North Shenandoah, 285oz;…

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Mining Intelligenge [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Nymagee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 June 1882 · page 6

We have had a splendid full of rain daring the week, amounting to one inch and fifty-two points, which has considerably benefited the mine and district. In consequence of the rain all the furnaces have been thrown idle at the…

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Mount Macdonald Goldfield

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 June 1882 · page 4

Mr. W. H. J. Slee, one of the inspectors of mines, has forwarded his report on the Mount Macdonald goldfield to the Minister for Mines. The following is an abstract:--" The principal mines at work are…

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The Newcastle Colliery Strike. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1882 · page 6

After a lengthy interview to-day Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Gregson, the latter finally agreed to submit the matter in dispute relating to the Borehole strike to 'arbitration. The terms on which he was willing to arbitrate were…

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Mining Intelligence. (By Electric Telegraph.) Braidwood

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 June 1882 · page 3

Several mining leases have been taken up at Gun-dellian, Upper Shoalhaven River, and some of the surface stone shows gold plainly discernible to the naked eye. There is also some alluvial ground, but…

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